Convertible studio bed



March 29, 1949. M. FOX

CONVERTIBLE STUDIO BED 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed NOV. 5, 1945 March 29, 1949. M. FOX

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March 29, 1949. M, ox 2,465,863

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CONVERTIBLE STUDIO BED Filed Nov. 5, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 MG-WW Patented Mar. 29,1949

UNITED S -TATES "PATENT oFFI-cE oonvmmif ficmo BED Martin Fox; Ghicago;-:-Iil., as'signor to The Seng Companyyacorporation'ofi Illinois fipplioation November 5, 1945; Serial No. 626;726 6 claims; cli'5 59 )i This invention relates to convertible beds, and."

more particularly to beds of the type that may,

blankets, and the like.

The invention bodiment in which Figure 1- is a front elevational-sectionai view; taken as indicated at line I'-|"of-Fig. 2; Fig; 2;

isillustrated in a preferred emthe accompanying drawings, in

Fig. 9, a fragmentary sectional View, taken as indicated at line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

In the embodiment illustrated, a supporting frame, preferably of wood,

8, and is provided at each end with fixed stop members 9, on which the rear portion of a bed section In rests when in sitting position, as shown in Fig. 3.

The bed section 10 is preferably in ectangular shelf member I3 is hinged at M to the top of the A suitable upholstered back rest I5 is hinged to the shelf member l3, as indicated at Each end of the back rest is provided at its lower edge portion with a pitman l7 making a 36 structure is the on the pitmans H. f withforwardly extending fixed; arms and are secured; to the back section, as indicated at 25'. By this" ar pivot .J, soposition shown inFig. If: desired, the back In the modification shown in Figs. 5-9,. the:- same as described above, except that a special slide-hinge 26 h s been provided thatI the deviceis self-locking inf the clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, for some modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A convertible studio bed comprising: a supporting frame with a back; a bed frame movably mounted in said supporting frame so that it may be tilted back and forth from a horozintal bedformingposition into a downwardly and rearwardly inclined seat -forming position; member hinged to the back of the supporting frame so as to be substantially horizontal when the bed frame is in inclined position; a back rest having its top portion hinged to said shelf member and its lower portion linked to said supporting frame by pitmans substantially parallel to the shelf member so that said back rest may be swung up from a front rearwardly inclined position to a rear upright position adjacent to the back of the supporting frame; and a pair of links connecting thep' that movement of the back rest to upright position will move the bed section to horizontal position.

2. A convertible bed as specified in claim 1, in which the front portion of the bed section is pivotally connected to the supporting frame and stops are provided on the supporting frame to hold the rear portion of the bed section when lowered to inclined position.

3. A convertible bed as specified in claim 1, in which tension springs are connected to the connecting links and to the back of the supporting frame to facilitate movement from inclined position to horizontal position.

4. A convertible bed as specified in claim 1, in which the upper pivotal connections of the links to the pitmans are disposed in front of the rear pivotal connections of the pitmans to the supporting frame when the bed frame is in inclined position, and said upper pivotal connections move upwardly and rearwardly to a position adjacent to the back of the supporting frame and back of said rear pivotal connections 386,433

10 so as mans to the bed section so.

of the pitmans when the bed frame is raised to horizontal position.

5. A convertible studio bed comprising: a supporting frame with a back; a bed frame movably l mounted in said supporting frame so that it may be tilted back and forth from a horizontal bed-' forming position to a downwardly and rearward ly inclined seat-forming position; 'a shelf mem'- ber hinged to the back of the supporting frame to be substantially horizontal when the bedframe is in inclined position; a back rest having at its top portion a hinge making a slidable connection with said shelf member so that an opening may be made between said back rest 16 and the shelf member when the latter is in horizontal position, and said back rest having its lower portion linked to said supporting frame by pitmans substantially parallel to the shelf member so that said back rest may be swung :9 up from an advanced rearwardly inclined position to a rear upright position adjacent to the back of the supporting frame; and a pair of links connecting the pitmans to the bed section so that movement of the back rest to a rear :8 upright position will move the bed section to horizontal position.

6. A convertible bed as specified in claim 5, in which a stud is provided on the shelf member so as to engage a hole provided in the back rest '0 to lock the slide when said back rest is in rear upright position.

MARTIN FOX.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the Number Name Date 1,074,799 Kindel Oct. '7, 1913 2,197,735 Thomas Apr. 16, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Great Britain Jan. 19, 1933 

